Sep97, thanks for your response. I understand the want of quilting edge to edge. That's when an LA machine would be nice to have right? I keep thinking I want a Long Arm, but I've decided before I can feel justified in going that route I want to use what I have with my domestic machine. It's a wonderful machine with the embroidery feature and when I purchased it was promised how wonderful it would be for quilting. Have you used your embroidery feature to do any quilting? The 5x7 would handle small designs but would require a lot of hooping. It is a lot of work. Happy sewing to you.
Shy, I got a good laugh at the reboot remark. To begin with I thought I needed to be rebooting my machine and was relieved to find out I didn't have to. Thanks for my morning chuckle. Do you think it is worth the money to have a continuous hoop? Have you used it often? Do you use it for more than boarders? Thanks for your response and I agree with you, this place really does get us thinking!
Weezy Rider, I took a look at the site you posted and gleaned some information that might be of help to me. Thank you. In reading your reply I realized I needed to get more familiar with the software I own. I have Quiltworks 1 and 11 but I do not have Masterworks. Also my machine can edit some of the designs used. How have you hooped your quilt when quilting it? Have you used the designs as a quilting feature? Thank you for your response.
This is such a wonderful hobby we share. I appreciate the fact that we have so much available for us to use and learn. Thank you again for all of your replies.